ADW_OPENCANDY.GF

October 04, 2017

Analysis by: Byron Jon Gelera

ALIASES:

a variant of Win32/OpenCandy.A potentially unsafe (ESET-NOD32); Riskware/OpenCandy (Fortinet)

PLATFORM:

Windows

OVERALL RISK RATING:

DAMAGE POTENTIAL:

DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:

REPORTED INFECTION:

INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

Threat Type: Adware
Destructiveness: No
Encrypted:
In the wild: Yes

OVERVIEW

This Adware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites. It may be manually installed by a user.

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 13,653,824 bytes

File Type: EXE

Memory Resident: No

Initial Samples Received Date: 18 Sep 2017

Arrival Details

This Adware arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It may be manually installed by a user.

Installation

This Adware adds the following folders:

%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake
%Program Files%\Freemake

(Note: %All Users Profile% is the All Users folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\ProgramData on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.. %Program Files% is the Program Files folder, where it usually is C:\Program Files on all Windows operating system versions; C:\Program Files (x86) for 32-bit applications running on Windows 64-bit operating systems.)

It drops the following files:

%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\Uninstall\unins000.exe
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\Uninstall\icon.ico
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\msvcp100.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\msvcr100.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\avcodec-54.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\avdevice-54.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\avformat-54.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\avutil-52.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\avresample-1.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\swscale-2.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\avfilter-3.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\xvidcore.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\ffmpeg.exe
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\postproc-52.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\swresample-0.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\libdvdnav.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\libdvdcss-2.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\FMMediaFormats.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\FMTransformBase.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\FMMediaSource.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\FMVideoConverter.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\FMMediaUtils.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\FMProfileManager.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\COM\1.1\id3lib.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\FmUpdater.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\Freemake.CustomControls.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\Freemake.Effects.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\Freemake.Themes.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\GAnalytics.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\GoCartMonad.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\NLog.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\SmartThreadPool.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\cs\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\da\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\de-DE\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\el-GR\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\es-ES\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\fr-fR\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\hu\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\it\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\ja-JP\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\nl\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\pl\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\pt-BR\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\ru-RU\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\sk\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\uk\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\vi\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\zh-CN\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\zh-TW\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Profiles\FMCommonCodecProfiles.xml
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Profiles\FmDownloaderProfiles.xml
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\Adv.xml
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMWeb\Downloader\DownloaderCommon.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMWeb\Downloader\FMDownloader.Detector.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMWeb\Downloader\FMDownloader.GlobalSettings.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMWeb\Downloader\FMDownloader.HtmlParser.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMWeb\Downloader\FMDownloader.Interface.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMWeb\Downloader\FMDownloader.Miscellaneous.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMWeb\Downloader\FMDownloader.SmartDownloader.Core.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMWeb\Downloader\FMDownloader.SmartDownloader.Extensions.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMWeb\Downloader\FMDownloader.SupportedSite.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMWeb\Downloader\FMDownloader.TrackDownloaderLib.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMWeb\Downloader\HtmlAgilityPack.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMWeb\Downloader\ICSharpCode.SharpZipLib.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMWeb\Downloader\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMWeb\Downloader\NLog.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMWeb\Downloader\rtmpdump.exe
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FMWeb\Downloader\FmUpdater.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVD.exe
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader.exe
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\cs\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\cs\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\da\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\da\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\de-DE\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\de-DE\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\el-GR\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\el-GR\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\es-ES\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\es-ES\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\fr-FR\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\fr-FR\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\hu\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\hu\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\it\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\it\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\ja-JP\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\ja-JP\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\nl\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\nl\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\pl\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\pl\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\pt-BR\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\pt-BR\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\ru-RU\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\ru-RU\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\sk\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\sk\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\uk\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\uk\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\vi\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\vi\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\zh-CN\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\zh-CN\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\zh-TW\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Languages\zh-TW\FreemakeVideoDownloader.resources.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\VideoDownloader.Model.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\VideoDownloader.Tools.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Ninject.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\System.Windows.Interactivity.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Newtonsoft.Json.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\FMiTunesLib.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Resources\how_to_FVD.xml
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVideoDownloader\Resources\logo_FVD.png
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FreemakeVD.exe.config
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\NLog.config
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\BrowserPlugin\MiddleChainClient.exe
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\BrowserPlugin\MiddleChainInterface.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\BrowserPlugin\MiddleChainClient.exe.config
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FmCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\Adv.xml
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FmCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\AdvVersion
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FmCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\AudioConverter.png
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FmCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\AudioConverterOn.png
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FmCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\MusicBox.png
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FmCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\MusicBoxOn.png
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FmCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\VideoConverter.png
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FmCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\VideoConverterOn.png
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FmCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\VideoDownloader.png
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FmCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\VideoDownloaderOn.png
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FmCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\Youtube2Mp3Converter.png
%Program Files%\Freemake\Freemake Video Downloader\FmCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\Youtube2Mp3ConverterOn.png
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\Statistics\Targets\FVD_Statistics.ini
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\Statistics\Targets\Icons\fvd.ico
%Program Files%\Freemake\CaptureLib\winpcap.exe
%Program Files%\Freemake\CaptureLib\CaptureDeployProject.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\CaptureLib\CaptureLib.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\CaptureLib\CaptureLibServiceLogic.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\CaptureLib\CaptureLibType.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\CaptureLib\PacketDotNet.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\CaptureLib\SharpPcap.dll
%Program Files%\Freemake\CaptureLib\CaptureLibService.exe
%Program Files%\Freemake\CaptureLib\FreemakeVideoSniff.exe
%Program Files%\Freemake\dotNetFx40_Client_setup.exe
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\FreemakeUtilsServiceNew.exe
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\FreemakeUtilsService.exe.config
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FreemakeErrorReporter.exe
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FreemakeErrorReporter.exe.config
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FmUpdater.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\Freemake.CustomControls.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\Freemake.Effects.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\Freemake.Themes.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon.dll.config
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\GAnalytics.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\GoCartMonad.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\NLog.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\SmartThreadPool.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\cs\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\da\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\de-DE\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\el-GR\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\es-ES\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\fr-fR\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Profiles\FMCommonCodecProfiles.xml
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Profiles\FmDownloaderProfiles.xml
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\Adv.xml
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\AdvVersion
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\AudioConverter.png
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\AudioConverterOn.png
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\MusicBox.png
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\MusicBoxOn.png
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\VideoConverter.png
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\VideoConverterOn.png
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\VideoDownloader.png
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\VideoDownloaderOn.png
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\Youtube2Mp3Converter.png
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\FreemakeCommon\Resources\Youtube2Mp3ConverterOn.png
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\hu\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\it\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\ja-JP\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\nl\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\pl\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\pt-BR\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\ru-RU\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\sk\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\uk\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\vi\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\zh-CN\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\ErrorReporter\FMCommon\zh-TW\FreemakeCommon.resources.dll
%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake\FreemakeUtilsService\FreemakeUtilsService.exe

(Note: %Program Files% is the Program Files folder, where it usually is C:\Program Files on all Windows operating system versions; C:\Program Files (x86) for 32-bit applications running on Windows 64-bit operating systems.. %All Users Profile% is the All Users folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\ProgramData on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.)

Other System Modifications

This Adware adds the following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Freemake

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Freemake

It adds the following registry entries:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Freemake\
FreemakeVideoDownloader\SystemSettings
FirstRunTimeStamp = "{Date and time}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Freemake\
FreemakeVideoDownloader
StaticticsInstalled = "0"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Freemake
NumRun = "0"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Freemake
TotalRun = "0"

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Freemake
CurRev = "0"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Freemake
GUID = {GUID}

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Freemake\
FreemakeVideoDownloader
OfferProvider = "OpenCandy"

Other Details

This Adware connects to the following possibly malicious URL:

http://{BLOCKED}i.{BLOCKED}ndy.com/?bn={value}&bv={value}&clientv={value}&cltzone={value}&csk={value}&language={value}&method={value}&mstime={value}&num_offers={value}&os={value}&product_key={value}&tm={value}&v={value}&signature={value}
http://{BLOCKED}i.{BLOCKED}ndy.com/?clientv={value}&csk={value}&method={value}&mstime={value}&pos={value}&product_key={value}&session_key={value}&skip={value}&tm={value}&v={value}&signature={value}

However, as of this writing, the said sites are inaccessible.

SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.850

SSAPI PATTERN File: 1.877.00

SSAPI PATTERN Date: 28 Sep 2017

Step 1

Before doing any scans, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users must disable System Restore to allow full scanning of their computers.

Step 2

Note that not all files, folders, and registry keys and entries are installed on your computer during this malware's/spyware's/grayware's execution. This may be due to incomplete installation or other operating system conditions. If you do not find the same files/folders/registry information, please proceed to the next step.

Step 3

Delete this registry key

[ Learn More ]

Important: Editing the Windows Registry incorrectly can lead to irreversible system malfunction. Please do this step only if you know how or you can ask assistance from your system administrator. Else, check this Microsoft article first before modifying your computer's registry.

In HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
- Freemake
In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
- Freemake

Step 4

Search and delete this folder

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Please make sure you check the Search Hidden Files and Folders checkbox in the More advanced options option to include all hidden folders in the search result.

%All Users Profile%\Application Data\Freemake
%Program Files%\Freemake

Step 5

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as ADW_OPENCANDY.GF. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check this Knowledge Base page for more information.

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